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Linwood Lake (St. Louis County)

St. Louis County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 69024800

DNR records show 1 stocking entry at Linwood Lake (St. Louis County) since 2025, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2025 (2,312 fish).

Linwood Lake (St. Louis County) has 1 DNR stocking record across 1 year (2025-2025): walleye (1).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 2,312 fish on record.
Maximum depth 34 ft; surface area 270 acres, 203 littoral acres, 5.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, white sucker, yellow perch.
Most recent DNR fish survey: July 29, 1996 (standard survey).
St. Louis County, nearest town Markham; DNR lake number (DOW) 69024800.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2025	Walleye¹	fingerlings	2,312	136.0

¹ fish purchased and stocked by private citizens and sporting groups.

Field note · Minnesota stocks by year, not by truck day: walleye fry go in within weeks of ice-out, fingerlings and yearlings mostly in fall, and stream trout in spring and fall. A row here means the fish went in during that year; DNR adds the year's rows after the fact, so the current year can look empty until winter.

DNR fish survey, 1996

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Black crappie	Standard gill nets	15.83	95	0.20
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	4.00	24	2.54
Walleye	Standard gill nets	4.00	24	2.53
White sucker	Standard gill nets	2.17	13	1.28
Bluegill	Standard gill nets	1.00	6	0.18
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	0.67	4	0.09
Pumpkinseed	Standard gill nets	0.33	2	0.07
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	7.00	63	0.13
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	3.89	35	0.13
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	3.56	32	0.18
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	1.22	11	2.62
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	0.56	5	0.10
Walleye	Standard trap nets	0.33	3	4.98
Rock bass	Standard trap nets	0.22	2	0.42

Catch per net (CPUE) is the DNR survey's count per gill net or trap net set; higher means more of that species were sampled, not a fishing forecast. Top species per gear shown; where we have no verified common name for a DNR code, the code itself is shown.

Walleye abundance, indexed by assessment netting, was 4.0 per lift in 1996. The 1996 index value was the highest compared to four other assessment conducted on Linwood Lake since 1965. However, all five historical walleye abundance index values were below the median of 6.3 for lakes of similar type. Walleye fry have been stocked in Linwood lake in 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993 and 1995. Walleye aged from 1991 and 1996 showed a 64% and 44% correlation between years of stocking and walleye year classes. This makes evaluation of walleye stocking difficult for Linwood Lake due to natural reproduction. Walleye size structure was excellent, with 80% of the sampled fish longer than 15 inches. Walleye growth rates were average to fast, reaching 14.9 inches at age IV. Bluegill and black crappie catch rates were both within accepted ranges compared to lakes of similar type. Size structure was also good with 46% of the bluegill longer than six inches and 49% of the black crappie longer than eight inches. Both bluegill and black crappie produced strong year classes in 1994.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, July 29, 1996.

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Linwood Lake (St. Louis County)

Stocking history

DNR fish survey, 1996

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